Well I finised up changing my water pump along with trans cooling hoses, valve cover gasket, new radiator hoses and resealing the uper timing cover along with a new cam shaft seal per r_p_ryan. Thanks, very helpful writeup. I get everything back together and start the car. Two minutes after, the oil is running down the front of oil pan. I am back to thinking the front crank seal IS bad and needs replacement. Do I need any special tools other than a torque wrench and a puller for the harmonic balancer or other parts other than the front seal? How is the seal removed from the cover and is there any special tools for removal or installing the new seal? Please let me know if anyone has done this repair on a 2.6 engine. Thanks in advance.